Contact Us
Admissions Office
T 313.664.7425
F 313.872.2739
admissions@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
Connect With Your Admissions Counselor
A complete list of all admissions counselors and other team members is below. Please find your specific counselor based on location and student type: first-year, transfer or graduate. If you are unable to find your designated counselor, please email admissions@ccsdetroit.edu to be connected with the appropriate admissions representative.
Art Educators and High School/College Counselors please visit this webpage to find important information regarding ways to connect with CCS.
Undergraduate Admissions Counselors
First-year Students
A first-year student is an individual completing their final year in high school or have graduated but are not enrolled at a college, university or any other school after receiving their high school diploma or GED. This includes those who have received college credits completed while in high school or participated in an Early/Middle College program.
Michigan Admissions Counselors

Olivia Ezinga (she/her)
Assistant Director of Admissions​
State: Michigan
O: 313-664-7824
M: 313-268-6613
oezinga@ccsdetroit.edu
https://calendly.com/oliviaezinga

Sabrina Nelson (she/her)
Assistant Director of Admissions
State: Michigan
O: 313-664-7432
M: 313-580-4545
snelson@ccsdetroit.edu
https://calendly.com/snelson-17

Olliver Postill (he/him)
Admissions Counselor
State: Michigan
O: 313-664-7821
opostill@ccsdetroit.edu
https://calendly.com/opostill

Patti Spencer (she/her)
Regional Admissions Counselor
State: Michigan
M: 313-495-3144
pspencer@ccsdetroit.edu
https://calendly.com/ccs-patti
Regional Admissions Counselors

Lisa DeLuca (she/her)
Midwest Regional Admissions Counselor
States: Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee, Wisconsin
M: 708-408-5472
ldeluca@ccsdetroit.edu
https://calendly.com/ldeluca_ccs

Julia DePinto (she/her)
West Coast Regional Admissions Counselor
States: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota. Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming
M: 313.391.4190
jdepinto@ccsdetroit.edu
https://calendly.com/jdepinto-1

Eric Kaster (he/him)
Assistant Director of Admissions
States: Connecticut. Delaware. Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington DCÂ Â Â Â Â Â
M: 313-407-6739
ekaster@ccsdetroit.edu
https://calendly.com/ekasterccs

Cristina Phillips (she/her)
Southern Regional Admissions Counselor
States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Puerto Rico
M: 313-418-6041
cphillips2@ccsdetroit.edu
https://calendly.com/cristinarosey
Transfer Students
A transfer student is an individual who has successfully earned *6 or more college-level credits following High School graduation (or an equivalent level of credentialing).
Transfer Admissions Counselor

Russell Shoemaker (he/him)
Assistant Director of Transfer Admissions
All transfer students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
States: All U.S. states and territories
M: 313-570-9566
rshoemaker@ccsdetroit.edu
https://calendly.com/russell-shoemaker
International Admissions Counselor
First-year and Transfer students

Chris Corporandy (he/him)
International Admissions Counselor
Non-U.S. citizens (primary, dual or temporary) or permanent residents
M: 313-402-2359
ccorporandy@ccsdetroit.edu
http://www.calendly.com/chrisatccs
Graduate Admissions
Britney Underwood
Graduate Admissions Counselor
O: 313-664-7622
bunderwood@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
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Linnea Stromer
Graduate Admissions Office Coordinator
O: 313-664-7816
grad_admissions@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
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Administrative Staff
Executive Director of Admissions
O: 313-664-7814
M: 313-530-3424
amiceli@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
Jane Stewart
Director of Precollege and Continuing Studies
T: 313-664-7457
jstewart@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
Admissions Events Coordinator
T: 313-664-7823
ecinco@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
Kristine Morgenstein
Scholastic Coordinator
Michigan Thumb Art Region and Southeastern Michigan Art Region
T: 313-664-7621
kmorgenstein@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
Director of Transfer and Academic Partnerships
T: 313-664-7422
ambert@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
Director of Admissions Operations
cosinski@collegeforcreativestudies.edu